Better places, better lives : a biography of James Rouse / Joshua Olsen
- Author
- Olsen, Joshua
- Published
- Washington D.C. : Urban Land Institute, [2004]
- Copyright Date
- ©2004
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 442 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
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- Contents
- Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Long Road from Easton to Baltimore -- Chapter 2: In Business and in the City: Mortgage Banking, the Baltimore Plan, and Urban Renewal -- Chapter 3: A Shopping Center and a Podium: Mondawmin and ACTION -- Chapter 4: To the Mall: Harundale and the Greater Baltimore Committee -- Chapter 5: Here to Stay: Cherry Hill Mall -- Chapter 6: Residential Beginnings: Pocantico Hills and the Village of Cross Keys -- Chapter 7: A New Town Conceived. and Chapter 8: A New Town Constructed: Columbia, Maryland -- Chapter 9: Facing Reality and a Recession: Columbia and the Rouse Company -- Plates -- Chapter 10: The Old City: Fneuil Hall, the Gallery at Market Street East, and Santa Monica Place -- Chapter 11: Reviving and Retiring: Baltimore's Harborplace -- Chapter 12: Housing the Poor: The Creation of the Enterprise Foundation and the Enterprise Development Company -- Chapter 13: Final Efforts: International Festival Marketplaces, the National Affordable Housing Act, and Sandtown-Winchester -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Endnotes -- Index.
- Summary
- A visionary developer and master planner, James Rouse was a key figure in the story of how and why the United States was built the way it was during the last half century. This engaging biography touches upon all aspects of Rouse's life.
- Subject(s)
- Rouse, James W.
- 1900-1999
- Urban renewal—United States—History—20th century
- City planning—United States—History—20th century
- Real estate developers—Biography
- Rénovation urbaine—États-Unis—Histoire—20e siècle
- Promoteurs immobiliers—Biographies
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY—General
- City planning
- Real estate developers
- Urban renewal
- United States
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9780874203417 (electronic bk.)
0874203414 (electronic bk.)
9780874202045 (electronic bk.)
0874202043 (electronic bk.)
0874209196
9780874209198 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 372-429) and index.
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